Cesena

Cesena is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The city was originally known as Caesena during Roman times, and it was a garrison town before being destroyed during the wars between Gaius Marius and Sulla. From 1183 to 1198, Cesena was briefly a communal republic, and it was long contested between the Papal States and the Holy Roman Empire. From 1379 to 1465, the city was ruled by the Malatesta, and it returned to the hands of the Pope in 1465; in 1500, Cesare Borgia and Achille Tiberti seized Cesena from the rebellious lord Damiano Martinelli. It became a secondary city of the Papal States, and it became a part of Italy in 1861. In 2013, Cesena had a population of 97,131 people.